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Search results for "Kentucky Republicans have worked hard to reduce Andy Beshear's power to fill vacant Senate seats."

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Fact-checks (24835)

Pamela Geller stated on November 09, 2020 in a post on the Geller Report:
A CNN video shows “HAMMER / Scorecard Voter Software Fraud in Real Time”
By Jon Greenberg• November 10, 2020
Terry McAuliffe stated on April 06, 2021 in a debate.:
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
By Warren Fiske• April 19, 2021
Viral image stated on April 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Governor Andy Beshear has authorized Kentucky teachers to make in-home visits. With parental approval, teachers will inspect the bedroom of each student currently enrolled in K-8.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 6, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
CNN coverage has evidence of the “single most egregious, real-time example of electronic vote fraud.”
By Andy Nguyen• July 19, 2022
Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday":
Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."  
By Lauren Carroll• March 22, 2016
X posts stated on December 16, 2021 in a tweet:
“Boy passes Joe Biden a vial of fresh blood to drink on his way back to the White House”
By Bill McCarthy• December 17, 2021
Massachusetts legislature stated on September 22, 2009 in votes in 2004 and 2009:
On whether the governor of Massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim U.S. senator
By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2009
Chuck Grassley stated on June 03, 2013 in a news release:
Says President Barack Obama is trying to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
By Louis Jacobson• June 5, 2013
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.”
By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2020
Richard Burr stated on October 29, 2016 in a private meeting with supporters:
"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."
By Will Doran• November 3, 2016
Tim Moore stated on August 24, 2018 in the legislature:
North Carolina is one of "very few states" that give the governor sole discretion to pick judges.
By Rashaan Ayesh• August 29, 2018
Weston Wamp stated on April 03, 2012 in in a press release.:
"The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old."
By Michael Collins, Elijah Herington• April 9, 2012
Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2016 in a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee:
"There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices."
By Bobby Cervantes• November 23, 2016
Steve Lonegan stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio program:
"I would be the first Republican senator elected in New Jersey in 41 years."
By Caryn Shinske• September 29, 2013
Joe Biden stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters:
Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."
By Bill McCarthy• October 13, 2020
With Honor stated on September 10, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr "would let shady payday lenders take advantage of our troops" and that he took "$36,550 from payday lenders."
By Samantha Putterman• October 9, 2018
Josh Hawley stated on July 09, 2018 in a campaign website:
Says "Claire McCaskill voted for 100 percent of President Obama’s judicial nominees."
By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2018
George LeMieux stated on August 28, 2012 in a Tampa Bay Times guest column:
In 2008, Charlie Crist ‘"applauded the pick of Sarah Palin and said she would do ‘a great job.’"
By Amy Sherman• September 4, 2012
Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2017 in the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting:
"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."
By Lauren Carroll• April 28, 2017
Rod Blagojevich stated on May 28, 2018 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
"I’m in prison for practicing politics."
By John Chase, Bob Secter• May 29, 2018

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